In 27 months of combat action, Murphy became one of the most highly decorated United States soldiers of World War II.He received the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest award for valor, along with 32 additional U.S. and foreign medals and citations,including five from France and one from Belgium. Murphy's successful movie career included the extremely popular To Hell and Back (1955), which was based on his book of the same name (1949.)
In Memory of
Audie Leon Murphy
06/20/1926 - 05/28/1971
A person Murphy served with during the war once commented about his grave marker: "Like the man, the headstone is too small."
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